space exploration

If your first reaction to the proposal for a "Space Force" is to chuckle, you are being shortsighted and perhaps even misinformed. President Trump has conjured up images of Wookies and Star Wars Stormtroopers by instructing the Department of Defense and the Pentagon to begin studying the creation of a sixth branch of the military that would be known as the Space Force...

Astronaut Scott Tingle spoke about exploring space at his alma mater UMass Dartmouth Wednesday. Tingle said it remains to be seen whether a space race with a country such as China is on the horizon. Tingle also said that nations should cooperate in space as a way of inspiring the entire human race...